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Quotes About Optimism

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
~ Walter Alston
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity.
~ William James
There's no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don't look at the dreadful distance, lock up that negative thoughts today, and fulfil your dreams.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
I never waste time looking back.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Every child should be taught to expect success
~ Orison Swett Marden
We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.
~ Alan Shearer
Abundance is, in large part, an attitude.
~ Sue Thoele
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.
~ E. B. White
I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.
~ Vince McMahon
In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.
~ Patricia Cornwell
...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.
~ Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
I don't do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you're already halfway down.
~ Tana French, Broken Harbour
Good-humor is always a success.
~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success.
~ Buddy Ebsen
Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
~ Dalai Lama
I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.
~ Edward Kennedy
Often, failure is success trying to be born in a bigger way, and persistence helps you to experience that greater result.
~ Catherine Ponder
Happiness is the precursor to success.
~ Shawn Achor
Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.
~ Susana Martinez
Lord knows, everyday is not a success, every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good.
~ Reese Witherspoon
Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.
~ Shawn Achor
Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.
~ David Cottrell
Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.
~ Og Mandino